US-based embassy officers to be quizzed over CIA letter leak


KUALA LUMPUR: Several officers based at the Malaysian Embassy in Washington will be called up in the investigation into the leaked letter to the United States’ Central Intelligence Agency, says the Inspector-General of Police.

Tan Sri Mohamad Fuzi Harun said so far, police had recorded the statements of several persons of interest, including Datuk Hasanah Abdul Hamid, the former Malaysian External Intelligence Organisation (MEIO) chief.

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